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1/2 Real - Fernando VI
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de Guatemala |
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| Year | 1754-1760 |
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| Composition | Silver (.917) |
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| Obverse description | Central device features the crowned Royal Arms of Spain, displaying the quartered shield with castles and lions, with a small escutcheon at center, surmounted by an elaborate royal crown. The shield is rendered in a compact, somewhat crude colonial style characteristic of the Guatemala Mint's early milled coinage. The peripheral legend runs clockwise around the field, separated from the central device by a toothed inner border. The die workmanship reflects the colonial machined (milled) technique introduced at the Guatemala City Mint from 1733. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicts the Pillars of Hercules — two crowned columns representing the Strait of Gibraltar — flanking a crowned globus cruciger or hemispheres motif resting on waves, symbolizing Spain's dominion over both hemispheres. The columns are shown with ornate capitals and bases, surmounted by individual crowns beneath a large royal crown at top center. The mint mark 'G' for Guatemala appears to the lower left, the assayer mark 'G' to the lower right, with the date 1759 inscribed in the exergue below the central device. The encircling legend VTRA QUE VNUM separates the design from the reeded edge. |
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